COMBINING STUDY AND WORK FOR MEDICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: BENEFIT OR HARM?

• Natalya P. Grishina
• Irina R. Basyrova
• Ekaterina A. Lopina
• Alena G. Dushina
• Roman A. Libis

Abstract

Currently, an increasing number of students are combining work and study. The analysis of the results of a survey of 5^th year students of the Faculty of Medicine on the basis of the Department of Hospital Therapy named after R.G. Mezhebovsky Orenburg State Medical University is presented. Based on the results obtained, the leading reasons for the employment of students were identified and the choice of a job was analyzed. It has been established that the presence of work experience does not affect the desire to pursue a professional career in medicine or the choice of a sub-specialization. In the course of the study, data were obtained that students, who combine work and study, devote significantly less time to preparing for practical classes, are more likely to be late and use copying answers to get a positive assessment.

Keywords: student; medical university; medicine; educational process; professional development; work

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